Guitar Technique

How To Get Your Guitar Hammer Ons Under Control

Hammer On Control Drill The other day I was teaching a student how to play Led Zeppelin’s “Bring It On Home”. When we got to the riff with the hammer-ons, the student struggled with the rhythmic placement of the notes. This is a common finger control challenge many people encounter on guitar: playing hammer-ons evenly How To Get Your Guitar Hammer Ons Under Control

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Tapping Masterclass: Learn to Play Joe Satriani’s “Midnight”

Tapping: Joe Satriani’s “Midnight” This is one of the songs on Joe Satriani’s “Surfing With The Aliens” album. It’s a must-have in every guitar player’s music collection. Support artists: go buy the album. You can hear the studio version of “Midnight” here Here you can see Joe perform it live This is a great song Tapping Masterclass: Learn to Play Joe Satriani’s “Midnight”

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Open String Pedal Point Solos From ACDC to Randy Rhoads

Fun Open String Pedal Point Solos You Want to Know From ACDC to Randy Rhoads Open string pedal point riffs are fun picking exercises. You can also play all of these lines legato (series of hammer-ons and pull-offs), which are great exercises to build strength and endurance. Thunderstruck (AC/DC) It sounds like Angus does indeed Open String Pedal Point Solos From ACDC to Randy Rhoads

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Short Exercises That Will Make You A Much Better Musician

Memorizing Intervals Descending You might already have gotten pretty good at knowing ascending intervals. If not: you should probably practice that first. The best way: flashcards Have a flashcard for every note name that exists in music: A A# Bb B B# Cb C C# Db D D# Eb E E# Fb F F# Gb Short Exercises That Will Make You A Much Better Musician

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A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s The Forgotten

A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s “The Forgotten”. “The Forgotten” is a short 1-minute song that is a ton of fun to play. It’s on Joe’s amazing album “Flying In A Blue Dream”. If you’re crazy about guitar, then you absolutely want that album in your CD collection. You can hear the song here: I A Fun Tapping Song: Joe Satriani’s The Forgotten

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